Healthy Active Learning Community Connector – Ruapehu

Sport Whanganui are looking for a Healthy Active Learning Community Connector to be based in the Ruapehu region to play a critical role in the implementation of Healthy Active Learning. It is a part time position of 20 hours.

Community Connectors support schools and communities to identify, plan and implement opportunities for quality play, sport, and physical activity experiences for tamariki.

As the Healthy Active learning Community Connector, you will be part of a team of Healthy Active Learning Advisors working across ten local primary schools. This role involves developing and maintaining strong meaningful relationships with schools and community providers through sustainable opportunities and interventions. Through this approach we will work alongside whanau, local health, and physical activity providers to help improve health and wellbeing outcomes for our tamariki.

The Healthy Active Learning Community Connector will be based in the Ruapehu Districts, have a growth mindset, a passion for physical activity, display social/emotional intelligence, embrace inclusivity and diversity to achieve desired results.

What is Healthy Active Learning?

Healthy Active Learning is a joint government initiative between Sport New Zealand and the Ministries of Health and Education to improve the wellbeing of children and young people through healthy eating, drinking and quality physical activity.

The initiative is part of the Government’s Child, Youth and Wellbeing Strategy and has three components:

  1. New Health and Physical Education and Hauora (HPE) curriculum resources (Ministry of Education).
  2. Toolkits and a health promotion workforce to support adoption and implementation of healthy food and water-only policies (Ministry of Health).
  3. A physical activity workforce (Sport NZ).

Regional Sports Trusts will partner with Sport New Zealand to employ the physical activity workforce that will work with approximately 800 primary and intermediate schools and kura.

Healthy Active Learning Community Connectors will work with up to 10 primary, and intermediate schools and kura and their communities with the following expected outcomes:

  • Tamariki are supported to make positive and informed choices about food, nutrition, and physical activity.
  • Tamariki are supported to develop critical perspectives about food, nutrition, and physical activity.
  • Tamariki are actively and positively engaged in learning.
  • School and kura cultures, environments and processes value and prioritise quality physical activity and nutrition that meets students’ needs.
  • Schools, kura and communities provide access to healthy food and quality physical activity.

If you have any further queries, please contact Tania King via email: tania@sportwhanganui.co.nz.

To apply, please send your CV, cover letter and application form to Tania King.

Closing date 27th March 2024 5pm

HAL Community Connector – Ruapehu Job Description

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